Wheel-guard.



No. 379,752. PATENT D FEB. 1a, 1908.

WHEEL GUARD.

v union-r101: FILED MAY 29,1907.

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MAURICE F. DOTY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WHEEL-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18,- 1908.

Application filed May 29. 1907- Serial No. 376383 To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE F. DOTY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in lVheel-Guards, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wheel guards de signed for the purpose ofpreventing the wheels of cars from running over the arm or leg of aperson that may be thrown under the car wheels.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a shield orfender to be secured to the truck or wheel frame of a car and to projectdown near the track in front of the wheel to push an obstacle out of theway of a wheel while the car is under motion.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficientdevice to act as a fender for a car wheel, said fender having aremovable block which will remove an obstruction from the track in frontof the wheel.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car truck and wheels, and showing myimproved fender or guard in position for use. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of one of the wheels and showing my improved fender inelevation and the track rail in section. Fig. 3 is a similar viewshowing a modified form of block. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view ofthe guard or fender with the block removed. Fig. 5 is a sectional viewon the line 55, of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view on the line66 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the fender block.

Referring to the drawing for a more particular description of myinvention, the nu- -meral 1 designates a car truck which may be of theusual or any suitable construction, and 2 are the car wheels mountedupon the axles 3, and 4 are the track rails. These parts may be of theusual or any suitable construction.

Secured to any suitable portion of the truck frame is a fender or guard5 consisting of a strip of metal of the required thickness and strength,said strip being bent to form a member 6 which extends down to a pointnear the bearing portion of the wheel upon the track and forminga point?The fender extends backward from the point 7 to provide a portion 8which lies substantially parallel with the tread portion of the rail,and an inclined portion 9 which continues to form a horizontal portion10 provided with a slot 11. A vertical portion 12 provided with a slot13 is connected to the inclined portion of the fender which extends upwhere the terminal ends 14 are secured by means of bolts 15 passedthrough the holes 16 in the fender and into any suitable projectingportion of the wheel frame.

A detachable block 17, preferably formed of wood or hard rubber, isprovided with grooves 18 in the opposite sides thereof, and projectingflanges 19 above the grooves, while the lower portion projects outwardto terminate on a line with the outer edges of the fender, as shown moreparticularly in Figs. 8 and 6, while in Fig. 2 the block does not extendout to the outer edge of the fender. The block is provided with roundedfront and rear ends 20, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7. The block 17 isadapted to be slid through the slot 13 with the inner edges of the slotin the portion 10 fitting in the grooves 18 of the block, and thusholding the same in position for use.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a fender made in accordancewith my invention is of comparatively simple construction, can bereadily attached to any form of car truck, which will operateefficiently for its purpose and in which the fender block may be readilyremoved for renewals. The device may be used either on street cars orfor use on railway car wheels.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A car wheel fender or shield comprising a metal plate supported uponthe car truck and provided with a curved arm extending under the treadsurface of the wheel, a slot formed in said plate, and a removable blockhaving oppositely disposed grooves and fitted in the slot of the plate,substantially as described.

2. A car wheel fender comprising a metal support having a curved armextending down near the bearing surface of the wheel, said fender beingsecured to the car truck, and said fender being provided with a slot oraperture, and a removable fender block having oppositely disposedgrooves secured to said fender, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I affix may signa ture in presence of twowitnesses.

MAURICE F. DOTY.

Witnesses:

JAMES J. LEDDY, C. F. WHITE.

